Adding new interface connections

Note: With the Leeds-21 release you can add more than twenty interfaces. However, they won't be replicated on any child nodes.

Add bypass ports

If you're using a Smoothwall Filter and Firewall hardware appliance, specifically S4, S8, S10, S12 or S14, you can add bypass ports. Otherwise, the Global settings section doesn't appear:

    1. On the NETWORK menu, under the Configuration submenu, click Interfaces.
    2. Under the Global settings section, select the relevant port combination to short together and click Save changes.

Note: The combination of ports available for bypassing are grouped according to function on the Smoothwall Filter and Firewall hardware appliance and can't be changed.

Procedure

    1. On the NETWORK menu, under the Configuration submenu, click Interfaces.
    2. Click Add new interface and enter a meaningful Name for your interface.
    3. Choose the Type of the interface connection that you want to add:
To add a Bonding interface connection:
  1. Select the Ports to use. You can't use a port if it's in use.
  2. Select how the interface connection is Used as:
    • For a Basic interface, enter the Default IP address.
    • For a Bridge member, from the Bridge interface list, select the parent bridging interface. This must already exist for the Bridge member option to appear.
  3. From the Mode list, select how you want the bonded interfaces to behave, see the reference help topic Add new / Edit interface, under the Bonding section within the Mode row of the table description.
  4. Enter the Default IP address.
  5. Enter the Spoof MAC address.
To add a VLAN interface connection:
  1. Choose a Parent interface from the available list.
  2. Select if the VLAN tag is going to be "Untagged" or if it's to be tagged, enter the tag name. This ensures that traffic from this VLAN is recognized and allowed through the interface.
  3. Select how the interface connection is Used as.
    1. For a Basic interface, enter the Default IP address.
    2. For a Bridge member, from the Bridge interface list, select the parent bridging interface. This must already exist for the Bridge member option to appear.
  4. Enter the Default IP address.
  5. Spoof MAC
To add a transparent Bridge interface connection:
  1. Select the relevant Smoothwall Ports to be used as bridge members. You can't use a port if it's in use.
  2. Select how the interface connection is Used as.
    • For a Basic interface, enter the Default IP address.
  3. The MAC address for this bridge is taken from the MAC address of the selected Port. The MAC address for spoofing.
To add a PPPoE interface connection:
  1. From the Parent interface list, select the interface to bind the PPPoE connection to.
  2. Enter the Username and Password supplied by your ISP for this connection. Reenter the password to Confirm, don't copy and paste it.
  3. Enter the minimum Bandwidth amount used to load balance traffic from this connection across multiple gateways and select the unit from the list.
  4. We recommend that you select to turn on Connection monitoring. Otherwise, the Smoothwall Firewall assumes that the gateway always has a connection to the Internet.
  5. Enter the Maximum Transmission Unit (MTU) size, in bytes, for packets using this connection.
  6. If your PPPoE connection makes use of a service or concentrator, click Advanced options » and enter the Service and Concentrator names as specified by your ISP.
  1. Enter a descriptive Comment for your interface and click Add.

Follow-up tasks

    • To edit an interface connection:
      1. From the Ethernet interfaces table, place your mouse cursor over the relevant interface, and click Edit.
      2. Adjust the configuration and click Save changes.
    • To delete an interface connection:
      • From the Ethernet interfaces table, select the relevant interface and click Delete.
Notes:
  • You can't delete a PPPoE interface, only the parent interface itself, because this is typically a port on the Smoothwall Filter and Firewall hardware appliance. To remove a PPPoE interface, you must change the interface’s Use as to Basic.
  • You can't delete a bond member, because this is a physical port on the Smoothwall Filter and Firewall hardware appliance. To remove a bond member from a bond, you must change the interface’s Role to Basic.